British National Registration Act

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Report an Error

Resources

The National Registration Act established a register of persons who were between 15 and 65 years of age and were not part of the Armed Forces. The information made available manpower statistics, and allowed authorities to distinguish between those intended for military service and those who should remain in civil employment.

49 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "British National Registration Act". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=12315, accessed 29 March 2024.]

12315 British National Registration Act 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.